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sharpening

SHAR-pa-ning
sharpaning in Ingglish
IPA /ˈʃɑɹpənɪŋ/ · 3 syllables

How “sharpening” is spelled in Ingglish

Each letter group of “sharpening” and how Ingglish spells it (an em dash means those letters make no sound)
Englishsharpening
Ingglishsharpaning

“sharpening” sound by sound

Sound-by-sound breakdown of “sharpening”
Ingglishshorpaning
IPA/ʃ//ɑ//ɹ//p//ə//n//ɪ//ŋ/
Sounds
8 sounds from 10 letters: 3 vowels /ɑ/, /ə/, /ɪ/ and 5 consonants /ʃ/, /ɹ/, /p/, /n/, /ŋ/
Syllables
3 — SHAR · pa · ning, stress on the 1st
Frequency
uncommon: 0.48 uses per million words of film and TV subtitles (SUBTLEX), ranking #24,217 of the 48,804 words on this site
Rhyme ending
/ɑɹpənɪŋ/

“sharpening” — questions & answers

How do you spell “sharpening”?

S-H-A-R-P-E-N-I-N-G in English; “sharpaning” in Ingglish.

How do you pronounce “sharpening”?

SHAR-pa-ning — IPA /ˈʃɑɹpənɪŋ/, 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

What is the IPA for “sharpening”?

/ˈʃɑɹpənɪŋ/ — 3 syllables, stress on the 1st.

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